"But that seems cruel. My letter will be far, far better. I could explain things a little in a letter."
Miss Nelson considered for a moment.
"I have great trust in you, Maggie," she said. "I won't question you, for I daresay you have heard something from Susan Collins in confidence. I am sure you would not wish to recall Ermengarde unless there was great need."
"There is; oh, really, there is."
"Then you shall go to bed now, and I will send you to Glendower with Hudson by the first train in the morning."
CHAPTER XXII.
QUITE IN A NEW CHARACTER.
